Table of contents:
- 1. Looking at the battlefield
- 2. Destroyed architectural monument
- 3. Cavalry
- 4. Forced landing
- 5. Development of a plan for a decisive offensive
- 6. Battle in Champagne
- 7. War trophy
- 8. On the front line
- 9. Animals in military service
- 10. Meteorological balloon
- 11. French reservists of the US Army
- 12. Battle in the sea of mud
- 13. Haka Ritual Dance
- 14. Combat readiness
- 15. Captured officer
- 16. Mass burial
- 17. Ruins after the bombing
- 18. "We are drowning in mud …"
- 19. Inspection of enemy positions
- 20. Unique color photography
- 21. Not far from the German positions
- 22. Battle of Marne
- 23. "Months of boredom are interrupted by moments of extreme terror."
- 24. Transportation of a captured tank
- 25. Attack of the French troops
- 26. Battle of the Vimi Ridge
- 27. Near the fortress Pompel
- 28. Battle of Wimy Ridge
- 29. Use of chemical weapons
- 30. Preparing for a chemical attack
Video: WW1 western front: 30 rare photographs that bring history to life
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
In the late summer of 1914, railway stations across Europe listened to the clatter of weapons and the creak of leather boots - millions of enthusiastic young soldiers were sent to the frontlines of the largest since the Napoleonic wars. Their eyes glittered with the excitement of adventurers. But just a few weeks later, this youthful enthusiasm gave way to horror before the death machine, which they had to face.
1. Looking at the battlefield
2. Destroyed architectural monument
3. Cavalry
4. Forced landing
5. Development of a plan for a decisive offensive
6. Battle in Champagne
7. War trophy
8. On the front line
9. Animals in military service
10. Meteorological balloon
11. French reservists of the US Army
12. Battle in the sea of mud
13. Haka Ritual Dance
14. Combat readiness
15. Captured officer
16. Mass burial
17. Ruins after the bombing
18. "We are drowning in mud …"
19. Inspection of enemy positions
20. Unique color photography
21. Not far from the German positions
22. Battle of Marne
23. "Months of boredom are interrupted by moments of extreme terror."
24. Transportation of a captured tank
25. Attack of the French troops
26. Battle of the Vimi Ridge
27. Near the fortress Pompel
28. Battle of Wimy Ridge
29. Use of chemical weapons
30. Preparing for a chemical attack
There is great interest today and innovative inventions and weapons of the First World War in photographs of military correspondents.
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